The OECD helps countries implement open government reforms through policy analysis, recommendations based on international standards, peer learning, and capacity building. It supports open government principles of transparency, citizen participation, accountability, and integrity to foster sustainable development. The OECD works across sectors like public governance, access to information, public engagement, integrity and anti-corruption, using frameworks and comparative data to guide reform efforts.

2. The OECD A Partner in Open Government Reforms

3. Implementing Open Government reforms with the OECD means:
Responding to the demands of citizens and business for transparency;
Modernising national public administrations for better services;
Fostering sustainable socio-economic development;
Having access to international good practices.
Citizens around the world are asking to play a more active role in the design and implement of public policies. Equally, governments are responding to this call worldwide by engaging with their constituencies in new and innovative ways. The Open Government Partnership was set up to encourage this process and build a forum for governments and civil society to exchange ideas and demands. In particular, joining the Open Government Partnership and implementing open government policies aim to achieve:
 Citizen Participation
 Transparency
 Accountability
 Integrity Essential ingredients for inclusive growth and sustainable development.
A Partner in Open Government Reforms

4. Reforming the public administration is a challenging task.
The OECD is ready to support countries on their path to Open Government with:
 Access to international policy instruments and standards;
 Tailored policy analyses and recommendations;
 Policy dialogue and knowledge exchange among peers;
 Capacity building and assistance to implementation.
A Partner in Open Government Reforms

5. QUICK FACTS
History established in 1961
Headquarters Paris, France
Membership 34 countries
Budget EUR 347 million
Secretary-General Angel Gurría
The OECD Mission:
promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people
provide a forum for governments to share experience and work together
analyze and compare data to predict future trends
set international standards on policies
recommend better policies
also work with business, trade unions and civil society
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

6. The OECD approach
OECD Standards: guiding the implementation of reforms according to best practice
The nature of the OECD as a global policy forum allows us to identify, assess, validate and consolidate best practice to develop Guiding Principles and Standards in support of country’s reforms efforts. These OECD tools are living instruments: by periodically assessing their implementation, our guiding principles and standards evolve in alignment with context and practice.
The OECD Approach: a unique value proposition
The OECD works with a unique value proposition: we integrate and align analytical work, consultation, assessment and benchmarking on integrity, transparency and accountability policies in a continuous business cycle. This allows the OECD to provide state of the art guiding principles, systemic analytical frameworks, solid implementation assessments and comparative, country driven, output and outcome oriented indicators in each of its policy areas. Moreover, the OECD is able to provide a systemic approach across the policy cycle (from design, to implementation, to assessing effectiveness).
An integrated Methodological Approach:

7. The table below provides an overview of OECD knowledge, framework and instruments in areas relevant to Open Government reforms:
The OECD expertise in Open Government
Areas
OECD Comparative Knowledge Base and Data
OECD frameworks and instruments
Public Governance
Strategic Capacities of the State
Institutional leadership and coordination
Change Management
Public Governance Reviews
Network of Centres of Government
Framework to promote “Making Reform Happen”
OECD Open Government Project
Access to Information and open data
Comparative data on Freedom of Information Laws and proactive disclosure of information
Laws and policy measures for open government
Framework to assess Open Government Policies
Guiding Principles on Open and Inclusive Policy-Making
Framework to assess open data initiatives
Public engagement
Policy frameworks and practices to promote citizens participation
Use of consultation in the Regulatory Impact Assessment process
Handbook on Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making
MENA-OECD Practitioners’ guide for engaging stakeholders in the Rule-Making Process
Integrity
Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Transparency in public procurement
Transparency in Lobbying
Principles for Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying
Principles for Enhancing Integrity in Public Procurement
Guidelines for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service
Principles for Managing Ethics in the Public Service
Public Sector use of ICTs
E-government strategies
Data on public sector ICT spending
Framework to assess public sector use of ICT for openness, integrity, transparency;
Public Sector Information accessibility and disclosure.
Fiscal transparency
Budget disclosures
Transparency in the budget process
Good Practices in budget transparency

8. The OECD is using OGAF in order to provide beneficiary countries with:
•Analyses of country efforts to promote open government at the central level and across levels of government;
•Policy recommendations in line with OECD instruments and good practices;
•Capacity building and assistance to implementation.
OECD Open Government Assessment Framework (OGAF)

9. The OECD supports the OGP
Meet the Criteria
Develop an Action Plan
Implement the Action Plan
Submit to an Evaluation
The OGP cycle and how the OECD is supporting it:
Support developing and implementing policies to meet the eligibility criteria
Contribute to the development and implementation of the OGP action plan
Review the results of the implementation of open government policies

10. The OECD supports Open Government principles worldwide
Supporting countries worldwide to implement open government policies and join the OGP…
Partners:
… by providing policy advice and training on:
•Whole-of-Government coordination
•Citizens’ Participation and Access to Information
•Integrity and Fight against Corruption
•Transparent Budgeting
•The use of e-government and open data
LATIN AMERICA
MENA
SOUTH EAST ASIA
Colombia Costa Rica Peru Brazil
Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Tunisia
Indonesia, Myanmar
OECD

11. Contact us:
Mr. Alessandro Bellantoni
Project Manager
Public Governance Reviews and Partnerships
Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Tel.: +33 1 45 24 98 80, Cel. +33 6 1555 18 05
Email: alessandro.bellantoni@oecd.org